chaise and four

English

Noun

chaise and four (plural chaise and fours or chaises and four or chaises and fours)

  1. (historical) A chaise (carriage) pulled by four horses.
    • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 2:
      “Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says, that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; […] ”.
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